Litigation

Jeantet is renowned as one of the main litigation firms on the French market in business law generally and in its areas of specialisation.

The Jeantet lawyers use both their legal expertise and their understanding of the economic issues involved to advise their clients facing complex high value-added litigation cases in national and European courts and to work with them to develop strategies for anticipating risk.

They are part of the “Cercle Contentieux” (litigation circle), an internal network which meets twice a month to share and discuss their experiences, best practices and topical issues of a legislative and jurisprudential nature.

The litigation aspect is systematically integrated into the advisory activity carried out in all of the firm’s areas of expertise.

Administrative and electoral litigation

Jeantet has significantly developed its presence and expertise in administrative litigation to respond to the increasing number of interventions by government authorities in economic and social life and to the increasingly fluid boundaries between public and private law.

Recent reforms, such as the extension of the summary judgement, both with regard to administrative decisions and in contractual matters, especially for works contracts, call for rigorous support of economic agents, as claimant or defendant.

These developments have resulted in a spectacular increase in certain types of litigation – and we provide the rapid innovative response that is required.

Moreover, the Jeantet lawyers also have very specific expertise in litigation pertaining to national and local elections.

Philippe Mallea

Partner

Philippe Malléa acts in the field of public law and project financing where he heads up the department. Following 24 years’ corporate experience within legal departments – 10 years in the Elf Aquitaine Group (now Total) and 10 years at…

Michel Boyon

Senior Counsel

Graduate from the Political Sciences Institute (Sciences Po), and Alumnus of the National School of Administration (ENA), Michel Boyon was appointed in 1970 member of the State Council, where he worked as a Government commissioner and Head of the State…

Sarah Beau

Counsel

Sara Beau has an in-depth knowledge of public contract law (awarding and execution), public ownership, town planning law and administrative law. Sarah advises public entities (the state, public establishments and local authorities) and entities belonging to the public sector (subject…

Hélène Brajou

Counsel

Hélène Brajou has an in-depth knowledge of public contract law (partnership agreements, public contracts, administrative emphyteutic leases, public service delegation contracts, authorisations to temporarily occupy the public domain) and more generally in public law (town planning, development, public ownership) offering both…

Banking and finance litigation

Banking litigation:

Jeantet assists or represents its clients in litigation and pre-litigation of a civil, commercial and criminal nature.We represent insurance companies and financial institutions banks in their claims before courts of law and defend them in cases where they are held liable by their clients or by third parties in their various activities:

We defend our clients before the Enforcement Committees of the AMF and the ACPR in litigation cases initiated by the supervisory or regulatory authorities in financial and stock market-related matters (amicable settlement, disciplinary procedures, market abuse, anti-money laundering) or action taken by the European Central Bank ECB.

These procedures are designed either to ensure compliance with the professional obligations incumbent upon regulated institutions or to identify market abuse, such as insider dealing, price manipulation and providing misleading information to the public.

We also assist our clients in inquiries, inspections or visits, and in investigations conducted on site, as well as in appeals before the supervisory courts.

For all of these forms of litigation, we have developed expertise based on the decompartmentalisation of skills and an active approach to defending procedural rights (right to a fair trial, reasonable processing time, effective redress, etc.) based on the application of the constitutional (Preliminary Ruling on Constitutionality, Declaration of Human Rights) and international rules (European Convention on Human Rights) defending fundamental rights.

Jean-François Adelle

Partner

Jean-François Adelle specializes in financial law, dealing in transactional and regulatory advice as well as litigation on behalf of financial institutions, investment funds and corporate groups. He heads the Finance Banking Group and the Firm’s Legal Opinions’ Committee. He has…

Frank Martin Laprade

Partner

Frank Martin Laprade specialises in company law, particularly concerning companies listed in Paris. As an associate professor at Paris Sud (XI) University and a member of the legal committee of Ansa [French National Association of Joint Stock Companies] for over…

Xavier Pernot

Partner

Xavier Pernot, partner, heads the Litigation-Arbitration-Mediation Department. He is specialised in general business litigation and leads a multidisciplinary team, the main areas of action are corporate litigation and financing operations, commercial litigation, and complex industrial and financial litigation. The department’s…

Martine Samuelian

Partner

Martine Samuelian operates in the field of banking, stock market and financial litigation services (civil and criminal courts and independent administrative authorities such as the Sanction Committees of the AMF, ACPR and ECB). This specialist in regulatory and financial services…

Yves Repiquet

Senior Counsel

Yves Repiquet holds a certificate in specialised studies in criminal law. Arbitrator registered on the list of arbitrators of the French national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Matthieu Le Bec

Counsel

Matthieu Le Bec advises and represents French and international clients in pre-litigation and litigation before judicial courts and arbitration tribunals. His expertise covers litigation between shareholders, investors and corporate executives, in particular, as well as complex industrial litigation.

Olivier Lyon Lynch

Counsel

Olivier Lyon Lynch advises financial institutions on legal and regulatory issues pertaining to their activities, compliance and corporate governance issues, banking and stock market litigation. Prior to joining the Financial Institutions and Services team of the firm, Olivier developed an…

Yann Paclot

Counsel

In his dual capacity as an Associate Professor of Law and Barrister, Yann Paclot offers advice and litigation support, both before the national courts and as an Arbitrator. He mainly deals in company law, contract law, banking and financial law.

Commercial litigation, distribution and restrictive practices

In France, commercial relations between economic players are subject to increasingly stringent regulations aimed at ensuring the transparency and trustworthiness of practices.

Subjected to increasingly frequent controls, businesses are faced with authorities and courts that have significant powers to impose sanctions (criminal fines, administrative fines payable immediately, etc.) and to put a stop to any contractual clause or commercial practice which would infringe these regulations.

We have sound experience in litigation cases of this kind and in procedural instruments used before the courts (challenge to the jurisdiction, the applicable law, summary judgement, etc.). Our practice primarily covers litigation concerning:

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié

Partner

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié has developed extensive and recognised experience in competition law and European law, enabling her to establish effective strategies in high-level cases. She has led a strong and experienced team in these fields for more than 20…

David Lasfargue

Partner

David joined the Prague office of an international law firm in 1995 and also worked in Paris. He managed the Moscow office of this international law firm from 2001 until 2016. He has managed the Jeantet’s Moscow office since May 2016.…

Xavier Pernot

Partner

Xavier Pernot, partner, heads the Litigation-Arbitration-Mediation Department. He is specialised in general business litigation and leads a multidisciplinary team, the main areas of action are corporate litigation and financing operations, commercial litigation, and complex industrial and financial litigation. The department’s…

Thomas Picot

Partner

Thomas Picot advises and assists groups and businesses in French and European competition law: competition inquiries, dawn raids, disputes over cartels and abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid, competition litigation. Thomas has developed special sectoral expertise in the fields of…

Michel Boyon

Senior Counsel

Graduate from the Political Sciences Institute (Sciences Po), and Alumnus of the National School of Administration (ENA), Michel Boyon was appointed in 1970 member of the State Council, where he worked as a Government commissioner and Head of the State…

Julia Bombardier

Counsel

Julia Bombardier acts in the field of competition law offering both advice and litigation support (anti-competitive practices, compensation litigation, inspections and seizures, restrictive practices, etc.). She specialises in consumer law (advertising, sales promotion, deceptive and unfair marketing practices), where she…

Matthieu Le Bec

Counsel

Matthieu Le Bec advises and represents French and international clients in pre-litigation and litigation before judicial courts and arbitration tribunals. His expertise covers litigation between shareholders, investors and corporate executives, in particular, as well as complex industrial litigation.

Olivier Lyon Lynch

Counsel

Olivier Lyon Lynch advises financial institutions on legal and regulatory issues pertaining to their activities, compliance and corporate governance issues, banking and stock market litigation. Prior to joining the Financial Institutions and Services team of the firm, Olivier developed an…

Competition litigation

We intervene in all the aspects of the national and European dispute concerning the anti-competitive practices (cartels and abuse of dominant position) and State Aid, in particular regarding:

dawn raids (immediate capacity for assistance in situ, treatment and management of IT seizures, disputes concerning the authorisation and/or conduct of inspections and seizure operations);

procedures undertaken before the competition authorities and their supervisory courts (Paris Court of Appeal, in particular), either as claimant or defendant, of an emergency nature (provisional measures) or of a substantive nature, in commitment procedures or complex litigation proceedings, particularly those with a leniency aspect;

litigation cases relating to the compensation of victims of anti-competitive practices before the civil and commercial courts: Following a conviction by the Competition Authority or European Commission, we assist in particular with issues of determination – and disputed determination – of heads of loss or damage depending on the practices concerned: cartels and civil agreements (evaluation of a price premium, loss of opportunity, etc.), abuse of dominant position (damages due to eviction, exploitation, etc.);

Proceedings before European Commission (State Aid, Pre-Merger notification and Merger Control issues

Representing clients in antitrust and competition litigation claims before European courts (General court and European Court of Justice)

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié

Partner

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié has developed extensive and recognised experience in competition law and European law, enabling her to establish effective strategies in high-level cases. She has led a strong and experienced team in these fields for more than 20…

Thomas Picot

Partner

Thomas Picot advises and assists groups and businesses in French and European competition law: competition inquiries, dawn raids, disputes over cartels and abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid, competition litigation. Thomas has developed special sectoral expertise in the fields of…

Michel Boyon

Senior Counsel

Graduate from the Political Sciences Institute (Sciences Po), and Alumnus of the National School of Administration (ENA), Michel Boyon was appointed in 1970 member of the State Council, where he worked as a Government commissioner and Head of the State…

Julia Bombardier

Counsel

Julia Bombardier acts in the field of competition law offering both advice and litigation support (anti-competitive practices, compensation litigation, inspections and seizures, restrictive practices, etc.). She specialises in consumer law (advertising, sales promotion, deceptive and unfair marketing practices), where she…

Consumer litigation

We assist our clients in the criminal and administrative courts, and in cases involving the authorities (DGCCRF [French Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Prevention of Fraud], DDPP [Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations], etc.) whose powers have recently been increased by the Consumer Affairs Act.

Above all, we strive to take a pragmatic and creative approach, particularly when dealing with complex cases that call for Jeantet’s other areas of expertise (directors’ criminal liability, labour law, etc.).

Our practice covers litigation concerning:

advertising and commercial practices: in particular we regularly handle disputes related to commercial practices likely to be considered deceitful or unfair;

compensation of victims: particularly following a ruling on the liability of a company, we offer assistance in relation to, or in anticipation of, class actions. Our assistance mainly covers dispute issues regarding injury or loss assessment for which, in more complex cases, we regularly work in close collaboration with economists.

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié

Partner

Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié has developed extensive and recognised experience in competition law and European law, enabling her to establish effective strategies in high-level cases. She has led a strong and experienced team in these fields for more than 20…

Thomas Picot

Partner

Thomas Picot advises and assists groups and businesses in French and European competition law: competition inquiries, dawn raids, disputes over cartels and abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid, competition litigation. Thomas has developed special sectoral expertise in the fields of…

Julia Bombardier

Counsel

Julia Bombardier acts in the field of competition law offering both advice and litigation support (anti-competitive practices, compensation litigation, inspections and seizures, restrictive practices, etc.). She specialises in consumer law (advertising, sales promotion, deceptive and unfair marketing practices), where she…

Corporate litigation

Jeantet combines its proficiency in complex operations with strong litigation practice and offers its assistance and expertise to managing directors and businesses, working with them to develop a personalised legal strategy to ensure their interests are defended. The litigation cases we deal with most frequently concern:

conflicts between shareholders: management expertise, ad hoc mandate, agreement resolution, general meeting postponement, interpretation and implementation of shareholders’ agreements (compliance with the formality of pre-emption or approval, or the conditions of a right to withdrawal or joint assignment, for example) abuse of majority, equality or minority powers;

the incurrence of directors’ liability for mismanagement (individual or collective shareholder action, social derivative action), particularly in situations of conflict of interest (regulated agreements, golden parachutes, breach of the duty of loyalty, etc.);

post-acquisition litigation: the incurrence of liability guarantees (complying with notification formality and determining the amount of compensation due under a claim, in particular), price supplement (disputes regarding the principle of the right to a price supplement and regarding its valuation).

Karl Hepp de Sevelinges

Partner

Karl Hepp de Sevelinges has been advising clients for more than 20 years in cross-border investment projects with a team of international lawyers mainly in France and Africa. As a seasoned partner of the M&A/Corporate group in Paris, he is…

Frank Martin Laprade

Partner

Frank Martin Laprade specialises in company law, particularly concerning companies listed in Paris. As an associate professor at Paris Sud (XI) University and a member of the legal committee of Ansa [French National Association of Joint Stock Companies] for over…

Xavier Pernot

Partner

Xavier Pernot, partner, heads the Litigation-Arbitration-Mediation Department. He is specialised in general business litigation and leads a multidisciplinary team, the main areas of action are corporate litigation and financing operations, commercial litigation, and complex industrial and financial litigation. The department’s…

Illya Tkachuk

Local Partner

Illya Tkachuk is a lawyer specialising in investment projects, cross-border transactions, corporate and M&A, foreign investments, securities, and contract and labour Law. He has been involved in the structuring and implementation of foreign investment projects in various financial sectors. He…

Paul Cocchiello

Senior Counsel

Paul Cocchiello acts in pre-litigation, litigation and post-litigation proceedings in commercial law and has recognised experience in the prevention of litigation, including alternative dispute resolution. For almost 35 years, Paul Cocchiello has specialised in fighting legal battles before the national…

Yves Repiquet

Senior Counsel

Yves Repiquet holds a certificate in specialised studies in criminal law. Arbitrator registered on the list of arbitrators of the French national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Benoît Descours

Counsel

Thanks to his initial experience in consultancy (mergers & acquisitions and stock market law), Benoît Descours has a sound understanding of all aspects of litigation, particularly in the fields of commercial law, company law (post-acquisition and intra-shareholder disputes) and banking…

Ingrid Fauvelière

Counsel

Ingrid Fauvelière is involved primarily in both domestic and cross-border industrial acquisitions, business transfers and restructuring transactions, as well as related litigation. In addition, she regularly advises major distribution players on the implementation of their sales network.

Matthieu Le Bec

Counsel

Matthieu Le Bec advises and represents French and international clients in pre-litigation and litigation before judicial courts and arbitration tribunals. His expertise covers litigation between shareholders, investors and corporate executives, in particular, as well as complex industrial litigation.

Yann Paclot

Counsel

In his dual capacity as an Associate Professor of Law and Barrister, Yann Paclot offers advice and litigation support, both before the national courts and as an Arbitrator. He mainly deals in company law, contract law, banking and financial law.

Maria Yadykina

Counsel

Before joining Jeantet, she has worked for 4 years in one of the leading Russian law firms (Alrud) and for 10 years in Moscow office of a major international law firm. Maria advised French, European and Russian clients on different aspects of…

Insolvency litigation

Jeantet’s litigation expertise relating to restructuring and businesses in difficulty is a valuable asset in both court and informal proceedings to resolve difficulties, and when defining the associated responsibilities or liabilities.

We stand out because of:

Our ability when a situation arises to carry out an analysis of risks (both real and theoretical) and opportunities, to aid in the decision-making process of the managing director, the company or its partners and creditors with regard to amicable proposals for restructuring or to prepare, or defend themselves in legal proceedings,

An instant response team aimed at defusing crippling situations for the company, or implementing urgent measures to protect the interests of counterparties and financial, banking or industrial partners,

Our excellent understanding of litigation techniques which enables us to effectively support court-appointed officers, company partners, or the company itself, and its managing directors or shareholders, in determining the responsibilities and reason for failure, and in defending their interests,

Our expertise in labour litigation cases concerning corporate restructuring which enables us to support the company and court-appointed officers in increasingly frequent corporate restructuring disputes.

Illya Tkachuk

Local Partner

Illya Tkachuk is a lawyer specialising in investment projects, cross-border transactions, corporate and M&A, foreign investments, securities, and contract and labour Law. He has been involved in the structuring and implementation of foreign investment projects in various financial sectors. He…

Paul Cocchiello

Senior Counsel

Paul Cocchiello acts in pre-litigation, litigation and post-litigation proceedings in commercial law and has recognised experience in the prevention of litigation, including alternative dispute resolution. For almost 35 years, Paul Cocchiello has specialised in fighting legal battles before the national…

International financial litigation

Jeantet is renowned for its practice in the resolution of disputes of a transnational strategic nature and which are factually or legally complex, through arbitration or judicial proceedings or alternative dispute resolution. We support our clients from businesses, banks, funds and insurance companies at every stage of the case, from risk analysis to enforcement of the decisions obtained.

Our scope of involvement mainly covers recovery or liability litigation cases related to international financing of trading, assets and projects, the structuring and marketing of complex financial products, investment operations, the consequences of credit institution collapses and international financial sanctions.

Thanks to our teams’ cultural diversity, linguistic skills and ability to act in a range of legal systems, in addition to the technical support provided by specialists in the disciplines concerned, and because of our network of correspondents, we are in a position to offer our clients a targeted team for every type of dispute. Our references include many iconic cases.

Jean-François Adelle

Partner

Jean-François Adelle specializes in financial law, dealing in transactional and regulatory advice as well as litigation on behalf of financial institutions, investment funds and corporate groups. He heads the Finance Banking Group and the Firm’s Legal Opinions’ Committee. He has…

Yves Repiquet

Senior Counsel

Yves Repiquet holds a certificate in specialised studies in criminal law. Arbitrator registered on the list of arbitrators of the French national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Labour litigation

Jeantet provides support to its clients in pre-litigation and litigation proceedings and alternative dispute resolution, both nationally and internationally, for all their legal issues that stem from management of their human resources.

On their behalf, we manage all collective and individual disputes concerning risks, strike management, criminal liability of managing directors due to workplace accidents, industrial disasters and product liability.

We also act in litigation cases involving the labour management of company acquisitions or restructuring in synergy with our team specialising in collective proceedings.

Olivier Angotti

Partner

Olivier Angotti advises on the employment aspects of M&A transaction and subsequent restructuring of companies, including the preparation and implementation of redundancies. He also provides support to management during collective bargaining. Olivier supports his clients in defining the legal strategy…

Déborah David

Partner

Déborah David has developed an expertise in both consultancy and litigation relating to business restructuring, particularly in an international context: employment protection plans in the context of reorganisation from a solvent position or as part of the restructuring or disposal of…

Jean Néret

Partner

Jean Néret created the Labour Law Department at Jeantet in 1990, based on his intuition that labour issues would assume an increasingly important role in the decision-making process of company directors. This department covers all disciplines of labour law. A…

Patrick Thiebart

Partner

Illya Tkachuk

Local Partner

Illya Tkachuk is a lawyer specialising in investment projects, cross-border transactions, corporate and M&A, foreign investments, securities, and contract and labour Law. He has been involved in the structuring and implementation of foreign investment projects in various financial sectors. He…

Bernard Gauriau

Counsel

Bernard Gauriau has many years’ experience in labour law (ten years working in the private sector, a university lecturer, trainer, and then lawyer). He is a specialist in this field, providing both research and advice. He is called upon by…

Isabelle Pontal

Counsel

Isabelle Pontal has developed expertise in offering advice to businesses during acquisition operations (social audit and negotiation) and company restructuring processes (preparation of collective redundancy plans and support in negotiations for the harmonisation of collective status. She also handles issues…

Maricaroline SINET

Counsel

Maricaroline Sinet deals with all issues associated with employees’ social protection, both litigation (claiming complementary pensions, hearings with the social security affairs tribunals) and advisory (implementing, changing and abolishing healthcare and provident schemes and advising on the numerous legislative developments…

Laetitia Ternisien

Counsel

Laetitia Ternisien advises French and international clients on all aspects of labour law, focusing her practice on the labour issues of operations associated with changes in company structures: reorganisation, outsourcing, acquisitions or disposals. Laetitia also devotes a significant part of…

Catherine Saint Geniest

Partner

Catherine Saint Geniest has developed extensive experience in leasehold sales and disposals, and in asset management and leases, areas in which she acts on a regular basis for clients in the context of transactions or litigation proceedings. Catherine Saint Geniest…

Arnaud Colin

Counsel

Arnaud Colin acts in real estate law offering both advice and litigation support, particularly in relation to commercial leases, transfers of lease rights, real estate sales, co-ownership, town planning and land management. He also has considerable experience in regulations concerning…

Stock market litigation

Jeantet works on behalf of its individual and corporate clients beginning at the initial AMF investigation stage, and supports them through any administrative proceedings conducted by AMF’s Board and Sanctions Committee. These proceedings are often based on a criticism with regard to the timing or quality of publicly reported information, or even the alleged existence of market abuses (dissemination of false information, insider trading violations, market manipulation, etc.)

We have developed an expertise for all of these litigations that breaks out of individual skill silos (corporate law, stock market regulation, civil and/or criminal proceedings) to work with other teams in the firm (financial regulation, labour law, collective insolvency proceedings). To cite one example, we were called on to file an application with France’s Constitutional Council for a preliminary ruling of Constitutionality (Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité or QPC) founded on the Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 in a matter involving threshold crossing by parties acting in concert.

Frank Martin Laprade

Partner

Frank Martin Laprade specialises in company law, particularly concerning companies listed in Paris. As an associate professor at Paris Sud (XI) University and a member of the legal committee of Ansa [French National Association of Joint Stock Companies] for over…

Yves Repiquet

Senior Counsel

Yves Repiquet holds a certificate in specialised studies in criminal law. Arbitrator registered on the list of arbitrators of the French national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Yann Paclot

Counsel

In his dual capacity as an Associate Professor of Law and Barrister, Yann Paclot offers advice and litigation support, both before the national courts and as an Arbitrator. He mainly deals in company law, contract law, banking and financial law.

Tax litigation

Jeantet supports its clients in the event of tax audits where those clients are the subject of litigation proceedings in the administrative and judicial courts. In this regard, the texts of the firm’s tax doctrine are an undoubted asset but Jeantet prefers, first and foremost, a pragmatic approach that takes into account the appeal deadlines and the specific objectives of its clients.

Jean-Guillaume Follorou

Partner

Jean-Guillaume Follorou specialises in business taxation. His various experiences throughout his career have enabled him to gain an extensive knowledge of the tax issues of French and international groups and their tax-related requirements. He has gained particular experience in the…

Patrice Lefevre-Pearon

Partner

As Managing Partner of the Geneva office, Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron has concentrated his practice on business law and the taxation of businesses and leading shareholding families. He also advises a number of real estate developers. He has written various articles on…

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